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• Trump Tells Upstate Residents to Flee New York. Republicans There Don’t Disagree.

  07-02-2019 23:54 via nytimes.com
  “If you’re from upstate New York, you don’t have any future. It’s just an economic nightmare,” one former G.O.P. nominee for governor said.
  
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• Mass. man, 77, accused of Duanesburg child sex abuse

  07-02-2019 23:21 via timesunion.com
  State Police arrested a 77-year-old Massachusetts man following an allegation of child sexual abuse in the Schenectady County town of Duanesburg.
  
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• Night Beat: The urge for ink after a drink, or 2

  07-02-2019 23:10 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — It's 10 p.m. Most of the shops and restaurants on Lark Street are closed. The bars are not.Crowds of scantily clad people in their 20s and 30s meander from bar to bar – it is, after all, Thirsty Thursday.At the corner of Lark and Lancaster, the lights remain on in the Curly Wolf Tattoo Club. The neon "Open" sign in the window is at eye level, catching the gaze of passersby on their way to the next stop in a night of fun.
  
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• Night Beat: Impulse tattoos

  07-02-2019 23:10 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — It's 10 p.m. Most of the shops and restaurants on Lark Street are closed. The bars are not.Crowds of scantily clad people in their 20s and 30s meander from bar to bar – it is, after all, Thirsty Thursday.At the corner of Lark and Lancaster, the lights remain on in the Curly Wolf Tattoo Club. The neon "Open" sign in the window is at eye level, catching the gaze of passersby on their way to the next stop in a night of fun.
  
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• Basketball player Rashaun Freeman comes home

  07-02-2019 23:07 via timesunion.com
  AlbanyWhen Rashaun Freeman landed back in Schenectady last summer, he thought his basketball career was over. He had just finished up a stint playing in Paraguay, and, at the age of 33 with 12 years of stops all over the globe, maybe it was time.The 6-foot-9, 255-pound Freeman was at peace, ready to dive into his non-for-profit organization called Parsons Mantel. Its mission is to educate, empower and equip young adults to make positive life decisions and become productive members of their commu
  
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• Shots Fired on Chelsea Playground in Broad Daylight

  07-02-2019 22:33 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Shots were fired on a playground in Chelsea Thursday afternoon, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Rexford man indicted in fatal East Greenbush crash

  07-02-2019 22:28 via timesunion.com
  TROY – A 24-year-old Rexford photographer was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when the car he was driving collided with another vehicle on I-90 in East Greenbush killing a 71-year-old woman in August, according to an indictment handed up Thursday by a Rensselaer County grand jury.August L. Rice faces a nine-count indictment including three counts of first-degree manslaughter and three counts of second-degree vehicular manslaughter for the death of Lynn Bammann of Nassau handed up
  
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• Siena, UAlbany men's lacrosse meet in scrimmage on Friday

  07-02-2019 22:18 via timesunion.com
  In June, Siena hired Liam Gleason, a 2007 UAlbany graduate who spent the past seven seasons as UAlbany coach Scott Marr's defensive coordinator. He helped the Great Danes reach their first NCAA championship weekend last spring."We want to see Liam be successful and we feel really confident he's going to do a great job," Marr said.The Great Danes and Saints haven't played in the regular season since 2016, discontinuing their annual rivalry. Marr said he dropped Siena from the schedule because he
  
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• Pizza delivery leads to debit card theft suspect

  07-02-2019 22:18 via timesunion.com
  State police say they tracked a woman who stole a debit card after she used it to get pizza delivered to her Troy apartment.
  
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• Pizza delivery leads to debit card ID theft suspect

  07-02-2019 22:18 via timesunion.com
  TROY — State Police say they tracked a woman who used a debit card that wasn't hers to get pizza delivered to her Troy apartment.
  
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• Wall Street’s Slide Hurts New York; City Loses Nearly $1 Billion in Tax Revenue

  07-02-2019 21:58 via nytimes.com
  Thursday’s report of a sharp decline in income tax revenue for New York City is a nearly $1 billion surprise: Is it an anomaly, or the new normal?
  
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• Man Found Guilty of Setting Fire to New Jersey Strip Club

  07-02-2019 21:57 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man was convicted of setting fire to a strip club in New Jersey after believing he had been robbed, prosecutors announced.Photo Credit: Essex County Prosecutor's Office
  
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• Times Union Center management firm to merge

  07-02-2019 21:26 via timesunion.com
  AlbanyThe management company that operates the Times Union Center is merging with another major venue management firmfrom California, it was announced Thursday.SMG, a Philadelphia-based firm that operates the 15,000-seat center on South Pearl Street for Albany County, is merging with AEG Facilities, of Los Angeles, to create a new entity, ASM Global, the two companies said in a press release.The new combined company will operate a diversified portfolio of arenas, stadiums, convention centers and
  
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• Saratoga racing dates are now official

  07-02-2019 21:19 via timesunion.com
  NYRA announced that the 156th season of racing at Saratoga Race Course will begin on Thursday, July 11, and end on Labor Day, Sept. 2.The meet will remain at 40 days, which has been the norm at the Spa since 2010.
  
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• NJ Driver Who Killed Toddler While On Heroin Gets 15 Years

  07-02-2019 21:12 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New Jersey driver who mowed down a family while he was high on heroin — killing a toddler — has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, prosecutors said.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Self-storage compound expansion continues

  07-02-2019 21:03 via timesunion.com
  Saratoga SpringsEven though lifestyle guru Marie Kondo may be encouraging people to discard some possessions, the self-storage business is still growing in Saratoga County.The Plaza 15 Self Storage center on Gick Road off the Northway is adding 537 units, said company owner Will Borchers. He said the expansion will cover about 68,450 square feet.
  
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• Contributions for New York teacher pensions will drop in 2020

  07-02-2019 21:02 via timesunion.com
  School districts are getting some good news this week, at least when it comes to future costs for teacher pensions. The amount that they will have to contribute toward pensions is expected to fall from 10.62 to 8.86 percent of their payrolls.
  
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• NJT Worker, 5 Others Charged With $2.1M Fraud Scheme: Pros

  07-02-2019 20:44 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An NJ Transit facilities superintendent and five others are accused of scheming to steal millions of dollars from the transportation agency by submitting fraudulent bills for service, authorities say.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Niskayuna highway workers still question superintendent's promotion of son

  07-02-2019 20:35 via timesunion.com
  The Town's Highway Superintendent Ray Smith promoted his son Andrew Smith to a supervisory position even though he had less experience than other qualified employees three years ago. An ethics complaint filed by a career highway department employee last year was dismissed, finding no violation of the Town's Ethics Code that prohibits employees from using their positions for the personal financial benefit of an immediate relative including a child. But a sense of injustice remains among Highway D
  
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• February football returns with startup of the Alliance of American Football

  07-02-2019 20:30 via timesunion.com
  Those going through pro football withdrawal after — or perhaps during — the Super Bowl can get their gridiron fix over the next three months.
  The Alliance of American Football, an eight-team start-up league, has a 10-week regular season, followed by two weeks of playoffs, beginning Saturday night with two games.
  CBS will provide regional coverage of the opening doubleheader — San Diego Fleet at San Antonio Commanders, and Atlanta Hotshots at Orlando Apollos. Former WNYT (NBC-13
  
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• Tobin First Prize cleanup, demolition on track

  07-02-2019 20:26 via timesunion.com
  Years after plans were first set in motion to redevelop the former meatpacking plant - which has sat vacant for decades - into a large-scale, mixed-use retail and residential project, cleanup and demolition of the dilapidated site have proven significantly more difficult and complex than originally thought.
  
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• Human Bones Found Behind Townhouse Complex; 2 Arrested: NYPD

  07-02-2019 20:18 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Two men were arrested after a body was found in a wooded area behind a townhouse complex on Staten Island Wednesday, police say.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Victim advocates make case for justice-reform package

  07-02-2019 19:40 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — With the state Legislature slated to examine criminal justice reform next week, a coalition of advocacy organizations are pushing back at an assertion by many New York prosecutors that a pre-trial discovery provision in the proposed measures would endanger victims.The District Attorneys Association of New York (DAASNY) said the legislation would require prosecutors to disclose their evidence in a criminal case within 15 days of a defendant's arraignment, unless a protective order
  
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• NYC 'Abandons' Homeless in Run-Down Newark Apartments: Mayor

  07-02-2019 19:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A program that provides a year of free rent to homeless New Yorkers lands many of its participants in “uninhabitable” apartments in Newark, the city’s mayor says.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Pope Launches App to Connect With Youth, Prayers Are Mixed

  07-02-2019 19:13 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  While you can’t add the pope on Facebook, Snapchat, or Instagram, you can now pray with him anytime, anywhere with the new Click to Pray app.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Murdered Mom Took ‘A While to Die,’ Son Said: Prosecutors

  07-02-2019 18:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The son of a Manhattan woman found dead in a garbage bag in New Jersey told his girlfriend he’d killed his mother — and said that it took her “a while to die,” prosecutors say.Photo Credit: News 4 NYThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Person Stabbed in NJ Municipal Building; Suspect Arrested

  07-02-2019 18:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A person was stabbed inside a municipal building in New Jersey Thursday in what appears to be a random attack, police say.Photo Credit: NBC10
  
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• 'Pungent' Peppermint Oil Smell Forces NJ School to Evacuate

  07-02-2019 17:50 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New Jersey school was evacuated after students and teachers smelled something strange — but firefighters eventually traced the odor to peppermint oil in the basement, officials said.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Alaant wins two staffing industry awards

  07-02-2019 17:50 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE - Alaant Workforce Solutions in Colonie has won two Best of Staffing awards given out by ClearlyRated and Career Builder.Alaant won the Best of Staffing Client Award, which it has won three years in a row. The recruitment firm also won the Best of Staffing Talent Award, the first time it has entered that category.
  
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• Legislators to decide whether Albany County elections to move to South End

  07-02-2019 17:36 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The Legislature will vote Monday on whether to relocate the Board of Elections from its current home off Central Avenue to the county-owned building at 260 S. Pearl St. recently vacated by the DMV.
  
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• Shatner returning to Ticonderoga

  07-02-2019 17:27 via timesunion.com
  Captain Kirk will return once more to the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise this June, when William Shatner makes his third trip to the Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga.
  
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• Closeness is key for Siena men's basketball

  07-02-2019 16:57 via timesunion.com
  During head coach Jamion Christian's first year with the Saints, he has observed how close-knit this group of players is, even compared to the two Mount St. Mary's teams that Christian guided to the NCAA Tournament."This is the closest team I've ever had," Christian said. "It's really begun from day one. It's outstanding just how close they've been. Their connectivity has been outstanding and that's what I've always said since at the beginning of the year, that I've never had a team this connect
  
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• Jackson Browne, Lucius to play SPAC on July 5

  07-02-2019 16:32 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 1970s singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will perform a concert starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 5, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.Brooklyn-born indie pop band Lucius will open the show.
  
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• Police ID Woman Whose Body Was Found in Suitcase on Street

  07-02-2019 15:48 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police have identified the woman whose body was found bound in a suitcase on a street in Greenwich, Connecticut Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: Greenwich Police Department
  
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• Listen Up: L Train Odor, New Emojis, Tim Ho Wan

  07-02-2019 15:42 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Find out more about the odor coming from the L train, Apple's latest emojis, and Tim Ho Wan in this Feb. 07 edition of Listen Up.Photo Credit: Apple
  
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• AG: Home seller swindled customers for casino visits, online shopping

  07-02-2019 15:42 via timesunion.com
  MOREAU — A South Glens Falls seller of modular and prefab homes bilked 40 customers out of a combined $1 million — and spent some of the money on trips to a casino, purchases on the Home Shopping Network and online games, according to the Attorney General's office.Sherrie A. Burton was arraigned in town court on nine felony charges that accuse her of an elaborate scam to defrauded home buyers out of down payments and even full cash payments for modular and manufactured homes, prosecu
  
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• The Abortion Debate

  07-02-2019 15:37 via nytimes.com
  Men and women have similar opinions. So do different racial groups and generations.
  
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• 1 Dead, 5 Firefighters Hurt in Staten Island Fire: Officials

  07-02-2019 14:52 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A woman died and five firefighters were injured after a fire broke out at a home on Staten Island, authorities said.
  
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• Kitchens, restaurants abuzz with this ingredient

  07-02-2019 13:26 via timesunion.com
  As the chef of the Wine Bar of Saratoga and the Yawning Duck Culinary Services, Dominic Colose's professional kitchen is well-stocked with a variety of ingredients. Flavors emerge when he takes his ingredients from raw form to finished product, combining new elements to familiar recipes and techniques to keep his skills keen and palate excited.The same applies to his home kitchen, where he makes duck egg fettuccine with mushrooms and cream that turn out magazine-worthy in appearance and fill his
  
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• Waterford man charged in workers' comp case

  07-02-2019 13:06 via timesunion.com
  A Waterford man was charged with multiple felonies after a state investigation found that he was working off the books while claiming unemployment.Lawrence Bunting, 50, was charged Wednesday with grand larceny, insurance fraud and two counts of fraudulent practices.
  
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• Happening Today: Elizabeth Warren, HIV, Ozzy Osbourne

  07-02-2019 12:43 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Thursday, Feb. 7.Photo Credit: Sergei Bobylev/TASS
  
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• Rain - and thunder - could hit Albany area Thursday night

  07-02-2019 12:42 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Rain has stopped falling in the Capital Region but it should return Thursday night, bringing the possibility of thunder along with it.The daytime temperature is expected to rise into the mid-40s before dropping into the low-40s overnight.The day should be dry, though the National Weather Service says the rain will be back by evening. Meteorologists say rumbles of thunder are possible.
  
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• N.Y. Today: Black New Yorkers, Overlooked, Until Now

  07-02-2019 11:43 via nytimes.com
  Giving history makers the attention they long deserved.
  
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• The Abortion Argument

  07-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  And is Medicare for All even possible?
  
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• Albany’s ‘Wonder Twins’ Form a Power Duo, Challenging Cuomo’s Influence

  07-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The partnership between Carl Heastie, the Assembly speaker, and Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Senate majority leader, has led to a shift in Albany.
  
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• A Community Newspaper Gets Tough on a Village. The Village Pulls Its Ads.

  07-02-2019 09:00 via nytimes.com
  For 50 years, a Long Island suburb has paid its main local newspaper to run weekly public notices, but is now diverting them after the paper’s tough coverage.
  
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• Man Dies, 3 Others Hurt in Brooklyn Quadruple Shooting: NYPD

  07-02-2019 07:30 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  One person is dead and three others were injured after gunfire rang out inside a building in Brooklyn, officials say.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Listen Up: A Closer Look at Top Stories for Thursday, Feb. 7

  07-02-2019 07:02 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Get a closer look at the top stories for Thursday, Feb. 7.
  
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• Human Bones Found Behind NYC Townhouse Complex: NYPD

  07-02-2019 06:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A body was found in a wooded area behind a townhouse complex on Staten Island Wednesday, police say.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Missing NYC Landlord Found Dead in Garbage at NJ Home

  07-02-2019 06:07 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A 65-year-old Manhattan woman who has been missing since Monday night was found dead in a garbage bag in Morristown, New Jersey, and the woman's son and his girlfriend have been charged with concealing her body,...Photo Credit: News 4 NYThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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